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N1527S

Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Illinois

N1527S is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Maryville, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons Inc
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-2020
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A0D4FB (octal 50152373)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 26, 2026
Expires
August 31, 2033
Last FAA action
August 26, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00044026

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kuschel C David
Type
Individual
Address
1500 Pleasant Ridge Rd
Maryville, IL 62062-6420

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1996-09-23Beech P35 · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data